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NASA Discovers Sulfur Crystals on Mars

Updated 2026-07-09 16:55 UTC 1 source Neutral

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured the first-ever close-up images of sulfur crystals on Mars. The discovery was made after the rover accidentally crushed a rock, revealing the crystals on May 30, 2024.

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This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over a rock and crush it on May 30, 2024. Several days later, Curiosity used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to take [R
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